Re: perl-Alien-Build

2025-07-07 Thread Todd Zullinger
Patrick Dupre via users wrote: > Trying to build rpm package from perl-Alien-Build, I get > RPM build errors: > File not found: > /home/pdupre/rpmbuild/BUILD/perl-Alien-Build-2.84-build/BUILDROOT/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/* > File not found: > /home/pdupre/r

perl-Alien-Build

2025-07-07 Thread Patrick Dupre via users
Hello, Trying to build rpm package from perl-Alien-Build, I get RPM build errors: File not found: /home/pdupre/rpmbuild/BUILD/perl-Alien-Build-2.84-build/BUILDROOT/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/* File not found: /home/pdupre/rpmbuild/BUILD/perl-Alien-Build-2.84-build/BUILDROOT/usr

Re: alien?

2019-04-12 Thread ja
On Thu, 2019-04-11 at 15:11 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 4/11/19 3:05 PM, Seth Kenlon wrote: > > I've used alien a few times and have been quite pleased with it. > > Mostly I've used it for relatively small utils. > > > > I would imagine tha

Re: alien?

2019-04-11 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/11/19 3:05 PM, Seth Kenlon wrote: I've used alien a few times and have been quite pleased with it. Mostly I've used it for relatively small utils. I would imagine that its efficacy varies when dependency package names are very different between the Debian world and the Fedora

Re: alien?

2019-04-11 Thread Seth Kenlon
I've used alien a few times and have been quite pleased with it. Mostly I've used it for relatively small utils. I would imagine that its efficacy varies when dependency package names are very different between the Debian world and the Fedora world, but I'm only guessing. On Fri,

alien?

2019-04-11 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, Anyone have a comment on the effectiveness of using "alien" to convert .deb packages into .prm? https://www.maketecheasier.com/convert-deb-files-rpm/ A better way? Many thanks, -T ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproj

Re: Alien

2013-05-28 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 05/28/2013 01:48 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: Please don't take this as a criticism, because it's not. One reason that people don't like to ask the maintainers for ANYTHING is the frequency with which requests are met with comments on how busy everyone is, and the occasional reply from someone s

Re: Alien

2013-05-28 Thread Bill Davidsen
://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967124 Next time, consider doing so before you attempt workarounds like building it yourself or using alien or whatever else Please don't take this as a criticism, because it's not. One reason that people don't like to ask the maintainers for

Re: Alien

2013-05-28 Thread Bill Davidsen
Bill Oliver wrote: On Fri, 24 May 2013, Neal Becker wrote: Michael Schwendt wrote: I don't know how useful alien would really be. Because package naming is not consistent between debian and Fedora, I'm guessing that it's unlikely to be able to satisfy requirements m

Re: Alien

2013-05-24 Thread Rahul Sundaram
/show_bug.cgi?id=967124 Next time, consider doing so before you attempt workarounds like building it yourself or using alien or whatever else Rahul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users

Re: Alien

2013-05-24 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 05/24/2013 03:45 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: Thanks, but it turns out that the current version is 1.0 alpha 7, and the differences between 0.9 and 1.0 are pretty big. So, request an update Rahul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: ht

Re: Alien

2013-05-24 Thread Bill Oliver
On Fri, 24 May 2013, Ralf Corsepius wrote: Makehuman is packaged for Fedora. # repoquery makehuman makehuman-0:0.9.1-0.9.rc1a.fc18.x86_64 Ralf Thanks, but it turns out that the current version is 1.0 alpha 7, and the differences between 0.9 and 1.0 are pretty big. billo -- users mailing li

Re: Alien

2013-05-24 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On 05/24/2013 06:34 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: On Fri, 24 May 2013, Neal Becker wrote: Michael Schwendt wrote: I don't know how useful alien would really be. Because package naming is not consistent between debian and Fedora, I'm guessing that it's unlikely to be able to satis

Re: Alien

2013-05-24 Thread Bill Oliver
On Fri, 24 May 2013, Neal Becker wrote: Michael Schwendt wrote: I don't know how useful alien would really be. Because package naming is not consistent between debian and Fedora, I'm guessing that it's unlikely to be able to satisfy requirements most of the time. Tha

Re: Alien

2013-05-24 Thread Neal Becker
Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 2013 06:56:31 -0400, John Aldrich wrote: > >> I have an app that is available in three formats: Mac, Windows and .DEB. >> I would like to install it on my Fedora box, but, obviously, Fedora >> doesn't support .DEB files. So,

Re: Alien

2013-05-24 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 24 May 2013 06:56:31 -0400, John Aldrich wrote: > I have an app that is available in three formats: Mac, Windows and .DEB. > I would like to install it on my Fedora box, but, obviously, Fedora > doesn't support .DEB files. So, I thought, why not use Alien to install >

Alien

2013-05-24 Thread John Aldrich
I have an app that is available in three formats: Mac, Windows and .DEB. I would like to install it on my Fedora box, but, obviously, Fedora doesn't support .DEB files. So, I thought, why not use Alien to install it? Except, there doesn't seem to be an Alien RPM for Fedora 18. The m

Re: "Alien" .deb converter to rpm in F14, how?

2010-11-23 Thread Dmitrij S. Kryzhevich
s tool is > available (at least more easily than alien). Some time you need to prepare deb package, i.e. to distribute your own software. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/user

Re: "Alien" .deb converter to rpm in F14, how?

2010-11-23 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Fernando Cassia wrote: >> On the other side, I wonder what has made Fedora decide that "Alien" >> was not worth including as a standard package with the distro?. >> After all it doesn´t mean supporting

Re: "Alien" .deb converter to rpm in F14, how?

2010-11-23 Thread Todd Zullinger
Fernando Cassia wrote: > On the other side, I wonder what has made Fedora decide that "Alien" > was not worth including as a standard package with the distro?. > After all it doesn´t mean supporting that other devil package format > ;-) but actually making life _easier_

Re: "Alien" .deb converter to rpm in F14, how?

2010-11-23 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Dmitrij S. Kryzhevich wrote: > > I can't swear it will be there for a sufficiently long time. I can upload the files to sourceforge, then... FC -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedor

Re: "Alien" .deb converter to rpm in F14, how?

2010-11-23 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Dmitrij S, kryzhevich wrote: > Hi! > > I have alien built for F14 (64bit) here: > http://krege.fedorapeople.org/alien/ I have created an easy-to-remember redirector. I hope you don´t mind. :) http://ho.io/alien4fedora FC -- users mailin

Re: "Alien" .deb converter to rpm in F14, how?

2010-11-23 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Dmitrij S, kryzhevich wrote: > Hi! > > I have alien built for F14 (64bit) here: > http://krege.fedorapeople.org/alien/ Thanks Dmitrij!! I really appreciate it. On the other side, I wonder what has made Fedora decide that "Alien" was no

Re: "Alien" .deb converter to rpm in F14, how?

2010-11-23 Thread Dmitrij S, kryzhevich
Hi! I have alien built for F14 (64bit) here: http://krege.fedorapeople.org/alien/ It _could_ be used on 32bit system, but will create /usr/lib64 dir (my mistake while package building) wich is not required at all. Dmitrij. > Has anyone managed to install "Alien" (the .deb to

"Alien" .deb converter to rpm in F14, how?

2010-11-22 Thread Fernando Cassia
Has anyone managed to install "Alien" (the .deb to .rpm package converter) in Fedora 14?. I remember that back at the time when I ran FC7, I was able to install it. However, I tried nowadays and it complains about some Perl modules missing. I tried following the directions